The Pokemon Legends Z-A Starters JUST LEAKED?! [Rumor]

[@ActualAero]

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[@dennisstrijbos4721]

I really want Pokemon Legends: Arceus ❤️

[@akilfarissaleembasha9670]

I want The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

[@LucasStewart-xx8lw]

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[@thatonegirlinclass9343]

Ooooo I really want Pokemon Brilliant Diamond

[@Popoi69]

I want Animal crossing horizon

[@JuanAcosta15X]

I’d prefer to have Snivy, Piplup, and Torchick as starters with regional evolutions and have the Kalos starters appear in the wild to have access to their mega evolutions. Edit. for those who question my choices. I picked those three because they all are inspired by something related to France. Serperior is based in French’s royalty, Empoleon is based in Napoleon, and Blaziken is a rooster which is an important symbol for France.

[@supermariogamer1757]

Torchic can't be a starter since Blaziken already has a mega evolution

[@ActualAero]

Torchic already has a mega so they can't do that one

[@supermariogamer1757]

@@ActualAero I have a feeling litten will be one of the starters and I don't know why

[@JuanAcosta15X]

@ I know. That’s why I said regional evolution. They could make Kalosian Blazicken not able to use the mega stone so you can still use regular mega Blazicken. But that’s probably too complicated so my other option for the fire starter will be Sinderace.

[@AaronFisher-vu7tq]

Although I like the choices blaziken has a mega and a Unova starter all ready became a legends starter in gen 8

[@BolinhoEstelar]

Fennekin, froakie and chespin being the starters of Pokemon ZA actually makes me happy, because it doesn't make any sense the starters of a region known for the mega evolution phenomenon, not have a mega evolution form. These poor babys deserve better.

[@sandvich..]

Chespin underrated!!!

[@Dumbo_Bat]

I’m right with you on that, bond phenomenon should never have been a thing in the first place

[@nightwing8326]

Chespin the GOAT!!

[@Walter_Orville_Black]

We might actually get mega evolution for the other two!

[@micahbarnett9790]

@sandvich..thank you lol

[@reeseseater12]

The thing is it's actually super easy to have it both ways. They could give us starters with new evolutionary forms and also give the Kalos starters new megas. I'm with you, I'd prefer different starters, but I also don't see why it would have to be either or (however I could see them doing it), it would literally just be creating 3 more Pokemon, maybe just being able to capture the Kalos starters in the wild

[@ActualAero]

It could also be Kalos starters but you can find other starters in the wild too

[@cir0plus]

Super easy, barely an inconvenience?

[@andresbarrigasanchez-dehes3929]

Ngl, I had a torterra in my PLA game, so just catch one

[@voltstorm2519]

Yeah they did that for the sinnoh starters in Legends Arceus were watchable in the wild

[@jemjimjam5444]

In the og Kalos games, they gave you the new regional starters and then the Kanto starter that could mega evolve so it wouldn’t be a completely new concept

[@DreamWarriorPaige]

Another thing is, in legends arceus the final evos were regional variants. And thats a gimmick that came a generation after x and y. Given that we gave Sligoo and Goodra a hisuian varient, it won't be odd to believe that we may get some Kalos variants of newer Pokemon.

[@voltstorm2519]

That makes sense like certain pokemon who aren't from Kalos but appear quite often in the Kalos region

[@Galaxykuma]

That would be cool. For example I like to see another charcadet evolution. They're both based on knights.

[@charliecomer6001]

At this point, variant pokemon are a given. The question is which ones are getting said alt form.

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

I d love to see: Kaloan(????😅) Lapras, somehow alakazam ( from " old " gens). And from the more recent gens,i d love to see a kaloan: Excadrill and... Toxapex😂

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

Or a cross evolution of vigoroth 💯💯💯💯 Slaking looks more slakoth,than vigoroth. Vigoroth eaaasily evolves into something like Zarude but it ll be normal/ fighting. With like 350 attack n 350 plus speed but BS hp and def.

[@Aethelhart]

I hope Kalos gets a normal remake as well as ZA. I never got to play Gens 5 or 6 and have always wanted to get to do so. Seeing them on Switch would be amazing.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@Aethelhart hopefully a future Kalos remake is not even CLOSE to being as faithful as the original games were We need more expanded content, more lore on Kalos being brought to light, more mega evolutions, making it easier to get certain Pokemon earlier that you had to wait ages for in the originals like Noibat, things like that. They can also take a leaf out of ORAS's book and not only give Xerneas and Yveltal new forms that expand their own lore, but also, give Zygarde a proper story like how Rayquaza got in the Delta episode. Maybe for the post game. Anyone who says ORAS is a trash remake should get their heads reevaluated Also, there has to be some things that must be implemented with no excuses. For instance, there has to be more mega evolutions that you face in the game. You only face Korrina's Mega Lucario with the one you temporarily team up with, Lysandre's Mega Gyarados, and then Diantha's Mega Gardevoir. That's literally it. In a future Kalos remake, I think every boss fight you have after Korrina, should have a mega evolution on their team. Especially Wulfric and the Elite 4. Them not having Megas was beyond unacceptable. Like make all their aces be capable of mega evolution, or give a mega to a Pokemon they have, that can already mega evolve. Like Mawhile for Valerie, Abomasnow for Wulfric, Scizor for Wikstrum, etc. The gym leaders should not be such pushovers. I'm not saying make them ridiculously OP but just give them better movesets, all their Pokemon should have four moves, and their coverage options should be wide enough that beating them isn't always going to be a cakewalk. Like you can just sweep Korrina with a ghost type like Honedge and besides Rock Tomb on one Pokemon, Korrina can't touch it at all. Also depending on the gym leader, they need the right amount of Pokemon. Wulfric especially suffers from this problem. He has to have 5 Pokemon at the most. 3 is unacceptable The Elite 4 should all have 5 Pokemon on them, and like I said earlier, they all should have a mega. Slap on an extra Pokemon, and either give them a new mega, or make a Pokemon they already have mega evolve. Malva can have Mega Houndoom, Drasna can have Mega Ampharos or Altaria, Wikstrum can have Mega Scizor, and Siebold can have Mega Blastoise Diantha, needs to be significantly buffed. I don't remember ever losing to her or even struggling with her much. She doesn't have to be Cynthia level powerful, but she shouldn't be so stinking weak. Like give her team beneficial natures along with good movesets if she doesn't already have them, and make her ace more of a threat. Give her Psychic, Shadow Ball, Moonblast, and Mystical Fire for steel types and you're good to go. On that note, the coverage on her team has to be so good she can handle most, if not all her weaknesses, especially Steel which I think half of her team is weak to. Having both fossils equipped with a ground or fighting type move might make them less of a pushover, plus another move to counter one of their other weaknesses . Also, make her far more prevalent in the story instead of just two scenes

[@MegaJesseman]

I wouldn't worry. Remakes are an easy way to make money. They have always done remakes. The Pokemon Legends games are not remakes they are a spin-off series. We still got remakes of the 4th gen games in spite of Legends Arceus being a thing (and being actually good). In general X and Y were considered to be the weakest generation, which is why they had Zygarde with two new formes and the addition of z-moves in Pokemon Sun and Moon, rather than making a Z version. They themselves I do not even think liked X and Y, but they have been doing things to try to reinvigorate it. I don't think they are going to give up on making remakes for X and Y with that being said. Also, even though it may seem like they skipped over Unova, they didn't. If they went straight to X and Y remakes they would have skipped it, but this is another Pokemon Legends game not a main series remake. They like to try to surprise their fans. They started doing it in 5th gen. We all expected Grey Version to be a thing, but instead we got Black 2 and White 2. With 6th gen we didn't get a Z version instead we got very fleshed out remakes of the 3rd gen games. 7th gen was a bit more predictable. I figured we would be getting fusions for Necrozma, but the way they did the fusions was surprisingly different. And rather than the games being called Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse like I was expecting they went with Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. And I was not expecting the fusion formes to be capable of becoming a star based forme for Necrozma through a signature z-crystal. And what we were expecting was 5th gen remakes or a Pokemon Legends game based around either 1st, 2nd, or 5th gen. So, to surprise us they gave us a legends game based on 6th gen.

[@jason38800]

they could port it but they wont

[@divineboi97]

Emulate them on your phone or desktop its easy

[@kaiplays2386]

Honestly, as long as they have Greninja, I’m happy. It also makes sense too in the anime when Ash got his Greninja, there was a ninja from the past that had a ash Greninja in the anime so I feel like it would just be really good for them now to make it so Ash Greninja has its return here making us the owner of the first ash, Greninja.

[@zenkoyu]

I really hope that Serpieror becomes a flying or dragon type and has the shape of a Amphiptere dragon.

[@eljordinio7647]

@@zenkoyu I just hope it has a much more expansive movepool this time Like give Serperior some psychic, ground, rock, ghost, dark, and offensive poison plus stronger fighting and flying coverage, plus make steel and dragon coverage easier to get, and make aqua tail a move it can remember, and you're good to go

[@breadeater4]

serperior cant be dragon since it would ruin the fire-grass-water match ups, same reason charizard isnt dragon

[@eljordinio7647]

@breadeater4 so? Primarina was made fairy type

[@BananaBlooD9517]

​@@eljordinio7647Fairy doesn't resist fire, water & grass like dragons do.

[@eljordinio7647]

@BananaBlooD9517 so? Against a dragon starter who is water or grass type, fairy can still cause super effective damage

[@meepmeep2706]

That's 10 minutes of my life wasted. This is an old news and you're milking it for the views.

[@chase1146]

Welcome to KZbin. Get used to it

[@FlameVaultt]

Either that or this guy just got around to making a vid on it

[@localcowboy9156]

went to the comments to see if this was worth my time tyy

[@EthanChan-gs9ze]

I want Snivy, Cinderace and Empoleon as starters because they have the most cultural ties to Kalos which is based off of France.

[@Chipandtristan]

That’s. What I think they will be

[@Son_Joe_Productions]

You know what I would love to see? Pikachu and/or Raichu to get a mega evolution. Also Lucario to get a different mega evolution, where he mega evolves, it looks different. Similar to the Hisuian starters 3rd evolution.

[@ziggenplays1208]

Lieutenant Surge battle Bond Gorochu

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

The rat can go into the garbage can, he doesn't need more excuses for more shitty content

[@Chaos-mb-4]

So like a Z form?

[@lillyem3037]

Lol mega evolution doesn't happen to pre-volves

[@riusu8672]

The Legendary Goraichu would be awesome as a Mega like have raichu into mega Goraichu. If you maybe have not heard of Goraichu google it. its a scrapped 3rd evolution that's just sick.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

3:22 Did Khu "accurately" predict Gen 5 remakes?

[@deceptionz_]

Or pk hex features, or a 3rd mythical for scarlet and violet?

[@maravreloaded]

"oh it was cut" the excuses man

[@FlameVaultt]

@@maravreloadedfacts even the person who did the gamefreak leak said khu was not trustable anymore

[@dragonninja1845]

It makes a lot a sense since Pokemon ZA is suppose to take place before Lumiose City was built and if I remember correctly from when I used to play Pokemon X and Y. It had mentioned how Fenniken, Chespin, and Frokkie had always been the starter pokemon in the Kalos region from the begining. So they are most likely trying to also stick to a story. If we look back into the story and what we learn about the past in Pokemon X and Y, it tells a bit about the time before Lumiose City was built.

[@N_X_TV]

Well, Khu has been almost entirely wrong for basically a year now. He's been mostly silent in 2024, and he started speaking a lot again only after the teraleak, just telling us stuff we know already from the teraleak or what anyone could guess, while the teraleaker said khu is all bs now. So my trust in Khu went from "he's 100% right" to "he used to be 100% right but hasn't gottent much if anything right for a long time now, so I'm not expecting him to be right anymore, but who knows". Now, for the starters, I feel like it COULD be the Gen 6 starters and give them megas, but it'd make more sense to me to use different starters and give hem kalos forms, and have 2nd starters like in gen 6, those being the actual gen 6 starters, and give them mega evolutions. My only issue with giving them mega evolutions is greninja: Since Ash's greninja is a thing, will they instead of giving mega evolutions, give battle synchor forms or whatever they're called? in which case the other two would have a new form, but technically not this third starter as it's already a bit old, or will they all get a proper mega evolution, and ash's greninja will be its own thing and a mechanic that'll never return? I want the starters to be: - Serperior (Fleur de Lys, the French royalty emblem) - Blaziken (the rooster is one of the french symbols, and it could have a Sun King regional form to fit the other two starters that have noble themes) - Empoleon (based on Napoleon) having a game with french best plant starter, french best water starter and french kinda whatever fire starter and mega evolved gen 6 starters would be really cool. (even though Chesnaught is the worst plant starter but eh. whatever)

[@Kronosthecyborgbat]

I agree with most of what your saying but I think it would make more sense for Scorebunny to be the fire starter (watch mandjtv’s vid on what he thought the starters for ZA could be)

[@N_X_TV]

@@Kronosthecyborgbat maybe it's just me disliking football/soccer so it'd piss me off a bit, but I really don't see a good trio of two pokémons inspired by french nobility and one that just represent soccer. I don't really see how a bunny could fit the theme the other two are already forming. A rooster is already a national emblem, so at least it's closer, and I feel like a Louis XIV/Sun King theme would be the most obvious choice to fit the other two for a fire starter, and I think it'd be easier to achieve with a blaziken compared to a cinderace, even without the national emblem thing. but idk, it could still be anything. I'm not sure where this scorebunny theory came from in the first place, was it just "football/soccer is big in france"?

[@Kronosthecyborgbat]

@@N_X_TV like I said watch mandjtv’s video on what he thinks the starters could be for ZA

[@N_X_TV]

@@Kronosthecyborgbat I didn't know MandJTV, so I went and check his video out and... yeah, his reasoning makes sense, scorebunny makes more sense cinsidering this, but he assumes the starters will get a new mega evolution, that's why blaziken is eliminated. I think the Kalos starters will be obtainable in the region and get megas, but that the starters will get kalos forms, so blaziken still makes more sense in that regard. it all depends on what treatment the starter get, and that may boil down to how consistent they want Legends to be as a series. If they want the formula to be "we get an old region, focus on one aspect of the lore, have a slightly different gameplay, and the starters are old ones that are given a regional form", then it's torchic. If they want the formula to be "no formula, we do what we want, so we can make Legends Z-A a city builder, and then have the next Legends game's starters be bidoof, rattata and lechonk because why not", then it'll likely be scorebunny. My issue with taking only the most popular pokémons for a legends game's starters is that they'll eventually "have" to use the least liked starters, because all the fan-favourites were already used, and are now even more popular.

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

Totadile should be the water starter💯💯💯 The other types can GO f themselves 😂 Unless it s scorbunny😊

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

They are scared of showing gameplay because they are trying to stay away from the backlash SV has got like the designs and scrapped features. That early SV image actually looked better, even if the girl trainer looks very much like Mitzuki from SM.

[@GemsofEarth]

It's a legit red flag if that's the case.

[@56ty_]

@@GemsofEarthit’s not the case

[@kl1n1kal]

this is the third time the starters have been leaked this month AND WE'RE ONLY 8 DAYS IN

[@BaileyBooklover]

I Just want Chikorita back😭

[@Goxut]

I really want Infernape to comeback with Mega, it would become a beast

[@chase1146]

That would be brilliant. I’ve not seen enough people saying this

[@neutroniumranger9036]

Would be interesting if it was Pikachu, Meowth and Jigglypuff

[@gelnart25]

Snivy, piplup and scorbunny for me

[@Kronosthecyborgbat]

Those three make the most sense to me

[@Frenzied_flame_enjoyer]

Why scorbunny? It's already pure perfection?

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

​@@Frenzied_flame_enjoyer🤣👍

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

Totadile for me 💯💯💯

[@fellowsoliderofchrist2263]

At the very least I’d like to see Delphox , Greninja, and Chesnaught get mega evolutions since Game Freak has finally heard our cries to bring it back.

[@cir0plus]

If they're going with 3 that are French related, it has to be Snivy/Piplup/Torchic.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Torchic is problematic because Blaziken already has a Mega.

[@cir0plus]

@@nickdentoom1173 That's only issue. But it's not hard to workaround it. Pokémon have multiple megas, like Charizard and Mewtwo. Slowbro/king can mega, but their new form can't. Random fact, Blaziken is the only gen 3 starter that can mega in gen 6.

[@cir0plus]

@@nickdentoom1173 I feel like the big issue is with the final form. The OG Blaziken form is more based on a Japanese chicken (Shamo chicken). They would have to change the design to fit more with the chicken/rooster that the French use (Gaelic Chicken).

[@Quackdragon92]

@@nickdentoom1173as if already having a special form has ever stopped gamefreak from giving them a second?

[@Kronosthecyborgbat]

Not necessarily, they could just give the starters new final evos that are French based (watch mandjtv’s vid on what he thought the starters for ZA could be)

[@damndanielcruz6754]

I hope ZA starters are solid I wonder who they'll pick this time

[@ActualAero]

Me too!

[@shatteredsentient5321]

The data leaker does say the game takes place, not in the past. So the starters being Kalos makes sense.

[@Datoneboi7]

But it’s supposed to be right after the weapon is fired so this is when mega evolution first happened(in universe)

[@Kronosthecyborgbat]

It’s most likely going to take place in the past

[@alqvister]

Its prob Future

[@maravreloaded]

It's going to take place in a near future. Like a sequel of XY or an alternative timeline future. It's impossible to be from the age of AZ.

[@Tguti3032]

We’re regressing. The Pokémon company themselves have said it’s about the building of Lumiose city. It’s not modern

[@raymondcollett3578]

Something interesting I've noticed in the pictures is that Froakie took the shape of the Vanillite, Fennekin is wearing a dress that's pink like Jigglypuff, and Chespin is wearing a blazer just like Machamp. But Chespin is also with Pikachu so dont know if it's going to be an electric or fighting influence because Chesnaught is also a fighting type. Which makes me think that maybe, as you mention about the mega-evolution, that maybe these starters might mega-evolve into Greninja (Dark+Ice), Delphox (Psychic+Fairy), and Chesnaught (Fighting+Electric)

[@aspennie]

X and Y was my first pokemon game and I’m very attached to Delphox. I didn’t know about transferring pokemon in those days, so Firefly the delphox is long gone-but with this, I could have her again.

[@Oliverplayz2012]

I prefer scorbunny, piplup, and Snivy

[@alucardizukumidorya6739]

Or maybe the starters will have the hidden ability when reaching their final form like the battle bond meaning we'll finally get the fabled ash-greenija

[@ediosmollai8785]

so its come full circle then. We got MEGAS in x/y lost them and now we are coming back to them NICE

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

Can't wait to see the community crying because they got destroyed 6-0 by a mega evolution

[@AustinAttemptsArt]

6:03 charizard has 2 megas so I dont think they care about being fair with megas in starter trios. also they could just only give the megas to the regional form that the starters would inevitably have

[@enzoforgets9456]

Dont be litten Dont be litten Dont be litten

[@ActualAero]

Mega Incineroar would ruin competitive pokemon lmao 😭

[@enzoforgets9456]

@ActualAero if it does happen i have to admit watching the carnage might be fun for like the first 3 months

[@Kaze91]

​@@ActualAero megas tend to change abilities from their 3rd stage evo, so mega incineroar might lose intimidate lol.

[@broggy52]

Aaaand it's gonna be litten

[@nicholuswilliams6443]

No body care shit ass

[@black_bean_paste]

I would love Snivy, Torchic and Piplup as starters and Mega Chesnaught, Mega Delphox and Mega Greninja to be the Pseudos

[@ArTAdam_Doherty]

Greninja better have battle bond

[@ruruan7509]

Welcome back, were you away on holiday?

[@ActualAero]

No I just haven't been able to upload as much working a full time job too and making videos

[@dane_with_swag]

It would be completely illogical to get a new variant of the third evolution as in PLA. However, a mega evolution for the starters is not a unthinkable. It would be even more awesome if they did it for EVERY pokemon of that generation

[@MegaMegajennifer]

aww, that sports coats image is so wholesome :3

[@estirfry4771]

But you also have to realize that in Legends Arceus, the starters for the Sinnoh region (which is what the game is based in) are still available to catch in the game. While I’m not saying it’s impossible for the game devs to make them the starter Pokemon, I am saying that it’s possible for them to just make the normal starters available to catch.

[@martianduck572]

My favourite rumor I’ve heard is that they’ll have regional forms of new starters like LA but they’ll give you a kalos starter like the Kanye ones in XY and give regionals to the new starters and megas to the old ones

[@NiranjanRangorath]

You can shorten the starters to the most possible • Anything with Mega evolution Out, So Gen 1,3 are not candidates • The Kalos starters out when relating to legends arceus • Starters of legends arceus Out So no Samurott,decidueye,Typhlosion • Sinnoh starters had their time to shine in hisui so i doubt they'll be available as starters this time • Which leaves gen 2,5,7,8 • Gen 8 is a switch game(Fairly recent) They probably won't give priority to them • final candidates Gen 2,5,7 Possible Starters 1• Meganium,Emboar,Primarina Or 2• Feraligatr,Incineroar, Serperior Note: They prob would settle with starters having regional forms and not megas, The megas could be the actual kalos members or maybe no mega starters all together

[@Tguti3032]

8 is out no matter what because the starters got g-max forms

[@julieta8683]

Now seeing megas of Serperior, Empoleon and Cinderace are things I'd be delighted to see 😊

[@MegaJesseman]

Something to note is that Froakie does look a bit different than usual, since its head is covered in bubbles. Even though it looks like a cute way for them to be mimicking Vanilite it isn't a stretch to assume that it could be hinting at an alt forme for its final stage. Possibly one with more bubbles, since Greninja is the only stage of its line that doesn't have bubbles. I would laugh if no real effort was put forth in making Chespin's new forme and they just made it sitting in a car in battle.

[@RebeccaAskvig]

I’d like to see something like they did more research and found more native Pokémon had mega evolution but for some reason they had to temporarily stop research which in turn explains why we didn’t have the new megas during gen 6 considering this game is taking place in the future.

[@RunCMD97]

I mean if that's the case, I'm glad they're getting megas as excluding the starters for the generation is weird for it but I think regional starters should continue. It makes sense that they would change based on location

[@diaabnasir471]

It being the same starters is the best and makes sense, as they have only been starters in one game, in comparison to all the other starters. (SwSh and ScVi don’t count cs DLC)

[@scooterkelly12]

I haven't played Pokemon since Pokemon emerald and I have to say that I am so excited to play the newest game next year. Currently I am watching every Pokemon episode until the end I am currently at Journeys

[@shaniacolombana9601]

I think they're going to give us the same exact starters, But you know how Kalos gave us some secondary starters? What if Legends Z-A Did something similar except with starters from other regions? That way we can have both mega evolution and new forms for older pokémon! I really hope they do this because it would be so cool! Especially hoping that they let us catch them ourselves instead of just giving them away!

[@RowanWolf22]

Having the Kalos starters in a game based on current time / slight future fit far more than having random other starters from other regions tbh. Especially depending on storyline. The game is literally about telling “legendary stories” which are set at any point in time really

[@maravreloaded]

In Hisui being a trainer wasn't something established already. This just proves ZA takes place in a more modern setting. So, we would have the official starters of Kalos.

[@FlameVaultt]

Definitely maybe a few years after legends arceus as we’re urbanizing lumiose meaning turning it into a modernized city meaning it’s probably gonna be a town at first

[@Raishiki]

I mean .. they could just give us Eevee as a starter ? Everyone gets an Eevee and you have 7 different evolutions maybe a new 8th. But that would be too drastic of a change for Pokémon 😅😂.

[@Drumming_Dragon]

6:12 that’s a super weak argument

[@andrewfredrickson3508]

I saw in a different video from someone else that the starters were leaked online because of the Game Freak hacking incident over the Summer from last August. It was revealed that the multi-regeion starters were Treecko, Litten and Totodile. 3, 7 and 2 regarding generation.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Treecko is impossible, because it already has a Mega.

[@thatonefatkidishere]

I think that fuecoco could be a good starter as a regional form singing different cultural music

[@jmbrady1]

what if the twist on the starter mega-evolutions would be something like a complete mega-evolution form to be in line with the theme of Zygarde

[@LiamDavis-j2m]

I would just like to say thanks for all the content. You were one of my top KZbinrs this year and be careful outside. I just got frostbite from playing pokémon go lol. Be safe!

[@Aethelhart]

There are worse ways to get frostbite.

[@jimmyscanlan4859]

My current theory is they'll go with the remaining starters from the generations the used last time. Pokemon has a habit of balancing their starters (mega blazikin one game, then the other 2 got it. Giga charizard and then later the other 2 got em). With that in mind... my guess is poplio with a mime or clown focused past form. Then chko and Tepig. I think it would b neat if for meganium they use a renaissance blueprint theme or maybe use the original bayleaf form from the space thing. Then idk what they could use for tepig. U also believe kalos starters will get megas and be wild like the other regions starters in arceus

[@ZarrinShirley-kr3vr]

I think it would be neat to have three starters that don't get megas, but new forms, and have the original starters get megas and you can pick one of them as a second starter like they did for the original

[@binx3839]

I think they'll have it just like XY. You're main Kalos starter (which can now mega evolve) and a second starter legends Arceus style with a new form that CAN'T mega evolve. So just like in XY, you get a starter that can't mega, and one that can.

[@foolsanticsstudio]

Pokémon Z-A? Pokémon Pizza? Pokémon Zah? Lol

[@Jayakrishnantr5217]

I just hope we don't get any regional variants for the starters. The reason being that it's highly likely the starters will be Pokemon who previously didn't have a mega evolution. I'd really like to see how the original version's mega evolution looks like instead of getting a mega for a regional variant that they just introduced.

[@chrisncapable]

It’d be nice to mix up the starters for a new region. Maybe Froakie, Rowlet, and Cyndaquil

[@RunCMD97]

I mean if that's the case, I'm glad they're getting megas as excluding the starters for the generation is weird for it but I don't think regional starters shouldn't continue. It makes sense that they would change based on location

[@xavesaugust]

I think we should receive little updates and just be shocked by everything almost like the older games

[@elliotnilzzon7379]

Well in the original X and Y games you could choose two starters. 1 from the new trio and 1 from the original trio. They migth do the same but with the original kalos starters and the new one’s. Having 2 is fine but choosing 1 from 6 is better and still close to the original.

[@The_astro_mimikyu]

What i would really want before Christmas is the Pokémon Scarlet dlc(both of them if thats possible..)

[@lampshade6579]

This makes sense cuz we're already familiar with Kalos. And it doesn't take place thousands of years in the past, so makes sense that we're getting them back. ALSO FIGHT ME CHESNAUGHT IS THE BEST STARTER.

[@alexpfeifle879]

My personal theory was that we would have regional variant starters like the 1st Legends game, then we would get a second set that would Mega evolve like we did in Gen 6 that would be the Kalos starters this time.

[@MidAirMamba]

I really wish they would just let us choose which starter we want regardless which generation its from. So all gens all starters available

[@the_green_crystal]

man the new mega evolutions are gona be so epic

[@Aquatic_Tear494]

In XY, We get two starter throughout the game by the beginning of Kalos with Chespin, Fennikin, and Frokie, than halfway with Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, also I have a idea that we'll be traveling between past and future of Kalos so in the past we'll get the first starters then later in the future era we'll get the second starter

[@OfficialTacoloco]

I hope that with Mega Evolutions coming back, I wish they'll finally bring Primal Groudon and Kyogre back since they are technically Mega Evolutions as well as Ash-Greninja, since Mega Evolution in the Anime was more focused on Bond

[@shadowwizard2383]

Ash greninja got retconned in SV battle bond now can go to any Pokémon it raises stats when you knock out a Pokémon can’t wait to see all the Pokémon that get it. Also it was most likely done because the kalos starters are getting megas in PLZA and probably because they want to erase ash from the games like it wouldn’t surprise me if in the games they have a NPC trying to buy the perfect hat any hat for a pikachu so when they gets back to alola they can use the hat pikachu z move and in the anime friede and captain pikachu get the z move.

[@OfficialTacoloco]

@shadowwizard2383 Yea but still they can make the excuse to make it a Mega Evolution because why bring back old ones and not add new ones to keep the game fresh rather than run on nostalgia

[@shadowwizard2383]

@@OfficialTacoloco what are you talking about the kalos starters froakie, chespin, finnekinn are going to be getting new megas in PLZA and from leaks we know zygarde and zeraura will get new megas as well and we will be getting more new megas just don’t know which. We will also probably have all old megas returning in PLZA too.

[@OfficialTacoloco]

@shadowwizard2383 I ment just keeping Ash-Greninja and just making that it's mega evolution, instead of it being a different form varient

[@shadowwizard2383]

@ They could but there is way cooler fan art for mega greninja I rather see them doing and I think there second type is going to change my picks water/steel or poison most ninja tools are made of metal or has poison on them, fire/dark or fairy a witch that dark magic or learns fae magic, grass/rock or ground it would be cool seeing rock or other crystals in the shape of swords and shields being pulled from the ground.

[@cryan12187]

I hope they choose all 3 from different generations. Snivy, Mudkip & Litten

[@robevoir3131]

You know what I remembered that sycamore actually gives you two starters what if you meet sycamore after you have completed the development of lumiose city since the timeline it takes place is not 200+ years in the past like Legends Arceus. And instead of sycamore giving you the kanto starters he lets you choose a different set of starters with Kalosian forms

[@Nephalem2002]

I want Chikorita, Torchik, and Piplup Tbh. Chikorita Line is LONG overdue for an overhaul. I say make her a Grass Psychic or Grass Fairy Type.

[@thenamesianna]

Look, nowadays I've gotten very fearful of how much of a disaster Z-A may end up being, due to the teraleak. Why ? They revealed that not only was Gamefreak initially trying to release it in late 2024 (meaning that it would've been the 2nd mainline pokémon release this year along with the Indigo Disk), but also that they are currently working on 2 mainline pokémon games: Z-A and Gen 10. Last time this happened was with Legends Arceus and SV, and for how enjoyable those games might have been, I'm sure nobody wants games as incomplete and glitchy as they were.

[@ryanhernandez5632]

Well you got a kento starter opposite to the kalos starter type you picked. So it could be the reverse just as easily as the same formula. The legends could be hissian starters and the kalos starters could get Megas. Or legend kalos form starters and Megas for another region starters

[@cloudtg462]

The leaks also pointed towards ZA being a sequel to X & Y. It would make sense if we still had the Kalos starters. Would be weird to get starters that have nothing to do with the region I do think we'll get a 2nd set like in X & Y and those will have either regional variants or megas

[@FlameVaultt]

The games taking place in the past it physically has too as legends are only things that happened in the past a prophecy is of something to come that hasn’t happened

[@Catch80SD]

I can see some sense to your theory but I think they chose the Kalos starters for that poster is because the next game is going to be set in Kalos .

[@HollyGuesser]

I want the Pokemon: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC 🐎

[@christopherbennett5858]

Part of me would rather the starters be starters of each type that need a boost or something to make them a little different. Especially if they’re monotype or an overused combo. So, for me, that would be Meganium, Emboar and Inteleon. Meganium and inteleon are Monotypes where one is usually seen as the worst starter and the other one has sniper but not much going on. Emboar was the other one because we already have a bunch of fire/fighting starters and he’s just there. Infernape might be likely to tie to the legends Arceus game.

[@Vozzie377]

Wouldn’t be just as possible for it to be the Kalos starters are the second set of starters you get like in XY

[@BoeyBoii]

I wonder what color they are gonna pick for the new region. Or if it's actually a color.

[@DRFESTERPUS69]

They could do a similar thing where they give two starterrs again but this time the second one is the original Kalos starters with mega stones

[@NCRranger11]

Pokémon legends Z-A is starting to sound like another X and Y, but i also seen something about them adding z moves to it.

[@sylphdeposey7149]

Personally, I don't think it would be a problem for mega evolution of the select straters of various gens in Legends ZA. The reason is due to the fact the other starters for those gens will not be in that game. Similar to Legends Arceus and the Hisuian variants of the starters. There were no need to make hisuian forms of other starters that don't take place in that region.

[@ryanslopez573]

I think there going to be the kalos starters but with different typings at the final evolution like in pla considering mega evolving is built into the games mechanics and is a kalos thing as you said there’s no reason why that needs to be the special thing that makes them different

[@peytonfkdsumadre1456]

so hyped for this game. currently replaying arceus

[@Muddragon104]

We could also get a second set of starters like in the original game. So we could see one set get mega's and one set get regional forms.

[@ADR0D]

My guess is that they are gonna choose them from the same three regions so it could be totodile, snivy, and litten or chickorita, tepig, and popplio. Hopefully if this was true it would be the first three at least thats my opinion. Edit: Now thinking about it they would have to connect to France in some way so I am probably incorrect

[@gobblingitup]

Entering! I’ve always wanted legends Arceus :)

[@notfunny6606]

I just hope the starters are gonna be Froakie/Fennekin/Chespin because the setting ofc is in kalos

[@Chosenone711]

I'm really hoping we get Froakie back. Greninja is my favorite water type.

[@Kenny-sama91]

I wonder if the final evo of froakie will be ice, fennekin will have a fairy final evonl and chespin may have a dark type from just what I see in the picture with the 3 starters.

[@davidhutchinson6067]

I mean the kalos starters got gypped in their game so I’d love to see em make a comeback with their own megas maybe they can even use battle bond greninja as its mega?

[@xKarenWalkerx]

Snivy Fennekin Mudkip Prove me wrong.

[@KibaNaruFan432]

Truth in my opinion, I believe it will be starters that dont have Megas yet

[@Phantom-ev]

Now remember x and y had 2 sets of starters with the ones you start and the ones sycamore gifts and remember that the second set are the only ones to mega evolve so it can be that the first set doesnt get mega evelution and the second set be kalos starters and they get mega evelutions

[@pkmntrainerjaden24]

My guess for the starters are Chikorita, Tepig, & Sobble.

[@Wizard-Sonic]

Man I love Pokemon, I just hope the open world is better then the last game, make the camp feature better, let us walk around in the camp and interact better with our Pokemon, also let our friends be able to let their party out in camp. I also want them to bring back the hideout or base, give use more to do the the classic catch them all, beat the gyms or whatever, let use designs our own base(pick a location, set up base, and design or furnished), also double battles, maybe triple?. I wish they make it a real co-op game, let us play the entire game with our friends. But they wont listen to us 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@joshchavez8614]

Litten or emboar, sniffy, and piplup would be my go to. But for some reason I feel mega charizard Z is coming

[@ultranathan992]

Legends Arceus still has the original gen 4 starters. So most likely we'll get the original gen 6 starters in legends Za

[@derekhayner7984]

I have been saying for months. The starters will be the regular kalos starters. They’ll probably give them all megas though. I don’t think there will be any new regional variants in this game because it doesn’t make sense. This game likely takes place no earlier than 80ish years before X and Y. Wouldn’t make sense that in lumiose city there would be different evolutions. Also to all the people saying piplup snivy and torchic, that wouldn’t be very balanced because torchic already has a mega evolution. I bet there will be ZERO new regional forms and instead we’ll get a handful of new mega evolutions. Probably a new legendary or two as well.